i am no historian and i do not have hard facts, but the logical assumption would be that in the late 1400's areas such as St Keverne would have been vastly monoglot Cornish speakers
i know personal opinion is not fact but it would seem a good bet

Carew, writing in 1605, mentions that in his day, the Cornish language was in decline. However, the events of 1497 were a century earlier and it is a fair assumption that Cornish language was much more prevalent all over the Duchy but especially towards the west where St keverne is obviously situated.

This is confirmed by the famous quotation following the introduction of the detested Book of Common Prayer in 1549, ""And so we the Cornyshe men (wherof certen of us understande no Englysh) utterly refuse thys newe Englysh". Such a statement is strongly indicative that the general population of the Duchy was virtually monoglot in that period, with the exception of the land-owning English gentry.

Myself and a friend are currently researching Micheal Joseph an gof and possibly penning a script for a movie?. I feel that this story is one that should be told. What do you all think id love to hear?

It has everything you need for a good movie. The underdogs, the big oppressive baddies, Brawn and brain of a blacksmith and a solicitor. A long march to London with lots of space to fill the movie with along the way, a big battle and a dramatic end with those famous last words.

Only down side is the sad ending of it all.

It wouldn't half raise the awareness of Cornwall though. I personally would start and finish the movie in the present day, with an old Cornish Man telling the story to a young child. That would allow more opportunity to present the modern day Cornish too - threatened future of the cornish kid type positive propaganda.. The story could start with the Cornish kid coming home from school with his english polluted history text book and being sent to his grand parents house to learn the real stuff. That's a good one..

The movie could end with the Cornish kid going out to play with his friends, acting like Angof, making flags and pretending to march to London. This would leave it open to a sequel that starts 20 years later with the grown up kid re-enacting a new battle with London in the present day, really political and full of all the current issues going on today. That would learn them..

celticwarrior said:
Myself and a friend are currently researching Micheal Joseph an gof and possibly penning a script for a movie?. I feel that this story is one that should be told. What do you all think id love to hear?

I think you should do the storyboard and sell the idea to an anime company in Japan - they love stuff like that as well as british people, and the story does lend itself to the genre.